Sheep
win the consolation championship in their 7th Make-A-Wish tournament

April
28-30, 2006

Colorado
Springs, CO

Honnen
Ice Arena

The
Sheep took the 1st seed in pool play, had the second best record and allowed the
fewest goals of the tournament. They lost the semi final game 0-1 to
Japan-Am in a nerve racking OT. The only other team to score on the Sheep
was Team Fogg in the consolation semi final game. No Bull was the only
undefeated team and won the championship 4-1 against Japan-Am.

The
Party Sheep had a great time partying and meeting the rest of the teams at the
bar. The hotel hot tub was a hit, the awards ceremony was super fun as
usual and the weather was excellent. Japan had their best finish ever,
which was great to see. The Sheep were a little banged up by the end of
this one. Sherri sat out the final game with a knee injury, Al took a
stick to the back, Matt's side injury kept him from sprinting and shooting in
the last 3 games and Brian took a nice shot to the nose in the final game (we're
all hoping it isn't broken). But all in all, we managed to have fun, win
some games, raise some money for Make-A-Wish and hang out with some great
people.

Pictures
to come...

Games

Pool
Play #1 vs. Team Black, Fri 6:00 pm. Sheep win 5-0.

The
Sheep controlled this game from the start. Team Black tried to dump and
chase and with Al's ball control, that strategy just didn't work. Brian
had 2 goals, Jessi and Matt had one and Jen ended her scoring drought with one
of her own!

Pool
Play #2 vs. Beauty & the Beast, Sat 11:20 am. Sheep win 8-0.

Jessi's
100th game as a Sheep!
Nice work!!! This was the scariest game of the weekend - with lots
of out of control players. Ann took a nice one into the boards from a guy
about 8 inches taller and 100 pounds heavier. We were glad to get out of
this game in one piece. Brian had 4 goals, Jessi had 3 and Ann and Matt
had the last 2. Val got her first assist as a Sheep!

The
Sweepers played us very tough. They hustled to the lose balls and they got
a few good looks on Al. They almost scored the first goal of the game on a
breakaway that trickled past the pipe. Jessi scored 2 and Chad got the 3rd
goal.

Upper
Semi-Final vs. Japan-Am, Sun 9:55 am. Japan win 1-0 in OT.

The
Sheep held Japan-Am to no goals during regulation. The Shepherd went out
of the game at half time with a pulled side muscle. OT was not to the
Sheep's advantage because Japan-Am could play their top 3 guys. Greg got a
nice opportunity and shot a long one into the net for the only goal of the
game. Congrats to Japan for making it to the championship game for the
first time! Great game!

Lower
Semi-Final vs. Team Fogg, Sun 11:45 am. Sheep win 3-2.

Sherri
went out of this game with a knee injury - so the Sheep were down to 9
players. Team Fogg was quick and determined to score. They blocked a
punt from Al for their first goal. Yes, a punt. :) Their
second goal was a foot deflection from the point. Jessi had 2 goals and
Chad had the last one on our power play. Team Fog pulled their goalie with
a couple minutes left and put the pressure on. But the Sheep held up for
the 3-2 win.

Lower
Final vs. Team Black, Sun 1:35 pm. Sheep win 2-0.

Team
Black was considerably better in this game than the first time we played
them. They had better passing, they covered the Sheep's points on defense
and their goalie played a great game. Chad and Jessi actually had the
first two goals within the first 2 minutes of the game. This allowed the
Sheep to play a controlled safe game. Brian somehow took a stick to his
nose under his half shield. The fact that he broke the nose in softball
only a year and a half ago was enough to give us all a scare. Hopefully he
didn't re-break it.